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13 Resolutions Other People Really Need to Make This Year By Kimberly Bonnell & Pamela Redmond Satran

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“ As your boss, I’ ll stop giving you those effed-up tasks that are more about making me look good than … well, fine, they’ re actually only about making me look good.”

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“ When I finally see Hamilton, I won’ t gloat.( I might sing a few lines, but I won’ t gloat.)”
“ If I see you running, in heels, to catch my bus, I won’ t slam the door shut and pull away right when you get there. As much fun as that would be for a jerk like me.”
“ I’ m your friend! I won’ t be jealous of your success.( OK, I will. But I’ ll get over it.)”

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“ I’ ll clean up after myself, because it’ s true: You’ re my roommate, not my mother.”
HAMILTON: JOAN MARCUS. PARROT: KAREL BROZ / GETTY IMAGES. BEER: ROBERT INGELHART / GETTY IMAGES
“ Even though I work in a soul-sucking call center for a Multinational Company That Controls My and Your Life, I will be a human being when you finally get me on the line.”
“ From now on, I’ ll seat women at the big comfy booths, not at that child-sized one-top under the AC vent.”
“ No more Snapchats of me and all our other friends having fun at parties you weren’ t invited to.”

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“ I won’ t steal your( adorable!) future baby name for my dog. Or my parrot. Or my boyfriend’ s penis.”

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“ These committee meetings are such a waste of time. Let’ s go have a beer instead.”
“ I promise my orgasm won’ t make me forget you’ re there in bed with me. Thirty-second zone-out, max!”
“ I’ m going to stop blasting the bass from my car. And revving the engine in a threatening way. In fact, I’ m getting rid of the giant SUV that’ s obviously compensating for my fears of sexual inadequacy.”
“ When I want to break up, I won’ t ghost you. I’ ll go back to the gentle, old-fashioned way: I’ ll text.”
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